Nazareth bunch



(No Model.)

N. BUNCH. PRINTER'S GOMBINATIQN TooL. No. 468,595.

Patentedleb. 9, 1892.

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l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NAZARETII BUNCH, OF VASI-IINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

PRINTERS COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 468,595, dated February 9, 1892.

Application filed October 14, 1891'. Serial No. 408,700. (No model.)

t To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NAzARnrH BUNCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printers Combination-Tools; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in printers appliances; and it has for its objects, among others, to

provide a simple device in which shall be embodied a plurality of implements daily used by printers, said implements or devices being compactly arranged, so as to occupy minimum space, and yet always ready for use, either single or conjointly. I provide a rule,

preferably a six-inch rule having a plurality of faces or sides, upon which are aflixed different type-measures and within which are arranged a bodkin and tweezers, said bodkin and tweezers being constructed to be moved independently of each other, so that they may be used the one independent of the other or both moved out, so as to be ready for use at the same time. Suitable means are provided for holding the bodkin and tweezers in their extended or closed positions. They are held against entire removal from the rule.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form apart of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved implement wit-h the bodkin and tweezer's extended. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the same, showing a modified form with the bodkin extended and the tweezers closed within the rule. Fig. 3 is a plan with both bodkin and tweezers closed within the rule.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts the rule, as shown, each slot communicating with the hollow interior of the rule, and each having at each end a substantially right-angled portion b for a purpose which will hereinafter be made apparent. The other faces of the rule are provided with the different type-measures, as for small pica, pica, eightpoint, and other sizes of type, as seen in Fig. 1, which may have a designating-mark at the end or any other point, as, for instance, at the end, as shown in Fig. I.

B is a bodkin arranged to slide within onehalf of the rule, and adapted, when closed therewithin, to be concealed from view. It has a shank B', which should be a comparatively snug fit to the bore of the rule, and from this shank extends, at right angles thereto, a stud or pin c, which is designed to work in the slot in the rule, said pin or stud proj ecting sufficiently beyond the face of the rule to aord means for manipulating the bodkin.

C are tweezers arranged to slide within the other halt of the'rule, and provided with a shank d, from which projects a like stud or pin d to work in the slot of the rule .and for a like purpose..

When not in use, the bodkin and tweezers may be pushed into the rule and hidden from view, as seen in Fig. 3, and to prevent them from being accidentally moved out when it is desired to use the rule or type-measnres the right-angled portions of the slots are provided, the studs or pins being moved into the said right-angled portions, as seen in said Fig. 3, so that a partial rotation of the bodkin or tweezers will be necessary before they can be moved lengthwise of the rule. In the same Way they are held from being pushed in when drawn ont for use.

I may sometimes employ a spring E for the purpose of forcing out the bodkin or tweezers,

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or both, as seen in Fig. 2, the springs being confined between the inner ends of the bodkin and tweezers and the partition or stop e, centrally within the rule, as shown in Fig. 2. It will be readily seen how, when the bodkin or tweezers are turned partially, so as to disengage the stud or pin from the right-angled portion of the slot, the spring will force the implement outward until the stud or pin engages the wall at the other end of the slot. When the implement is pushed in, it compresses the spring, as seen at the right of Fig. 2, the implement heilig partially rotated to engage the stud or pin with the inner rightangled portion of the slot.

The advantages of such an implement as above described will be apparent. It can be manufactured at a minimum cost, is durable, and will fill a long-felt want.

The springs may be omitted without departing from the spiritof or sacrificing any ot the advantages of the other features of the invention.

It is especially advantageous to have the bodkin and tweezers so arranged in relation to the rule that they may be moved bodily into the rule and held therein when it is desired to use only the rule.

What l claim as new is l. A combination-tool for printers use, comprising a hollow rule with type-measures upon one or more of its faces, a bodkin bodily slidable within thernle, tweezers also bodily slidable within the rule, and means tor holding the bodkin and tweezers at either end of their movement, substantially as specified.

2. A combination-tool fol-printers use, comprising a hollow ootagonal rule having upon its faces different type-measures and divisions ot an inch, a bodkin endwise movable and partially rotatable within the rule, tweezers endwise movable and partially rotatable within the rule independent of the bodkin, and provisions for holding the bodkin and tweezers independently of each other against endwise movement at either end of their movenient, substantially as and for thel purpose 

